MG Motoring 2017 June 2017-opt - Page 25

June 2017
1933 L-type (although discus-
sion continued about the car's
all white colour scheme), and a
freshly restored white MGA
Deluxe.
The Observation Trial was run
by the Baxter family in memory
of iconic Bill Baxter who died
last year. Other notable events
were the grass motorkhana
where a major player was a
Twin Cam MGA (with power
steering). Christchurch's Ollie
Reid in an ex Aust MGTD won
the overall Lady Driver's
Award.
The following day's speed
event morphed into a complex
bent sprint / combo Giant Gym-
khana course on seal which
proved quite confusing to a
large percentage of the en-
trants.
Other Aussie entrants included team
Slattery, Robertson, Dunsterville,
Godwin, Redhead, meaning Australia
had around 14 official attendees, mostly
in borrowed pre war MGs courtesy of
the kiwi Mega Guru Gary Wall who often
loans out his vast collection of pre war
cars.
Heaps of socialising, as only MG folk
can do so well, prevailed throughout this
Pre 56 Rally, culminating in the all-
important presentation dinner with an Art
Deco dress theme.
The next big NZ Pre 56 MG Rally is in
Cromwell 2019, not far from Queens-
town. Enquire now to TD McNabb, or
submit an excuse as to why you should-
n't miss out on just so much MG fun!
Rally HQ was set at the Cecil Kimber
Room on Victoria Ave, Wanganui where
most of the enjoyable functions took
place.
Two post-Rally observations: Don't
moan about the price of fuel here in
Australia. Over in NZ they're being
reamed for at least $2 litre (that hurts!).
And best advice is don't try falling head-
first down a 20 step staircase in the dark
– that also hurts and you can break
bones (as McNabb found to his chagrin
and dismay a few days after the MG
Rally finished).
To briefly summarise this well organised
event of events, the Concours went as
planned where entries included over 20
MGAs, 5 ZB Magnettes, 15 TFs, 8 TDs,
a YA, 9 TA/TC, 18 Pre wars, the premier
category – nearly 80 cars in total.
[Breakdown of Pre wars: VA x 4, J2, WA
x 2, SA x 2, M, NA, K1, F1, L, TA
Tickford].
Overall Concours winners were a lovely
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